The human brain fills in gaps with phantom images, sounds, and limbs

Richard Holm writes: “when sensory input is lost for the blind, the deaf, the amputee… we have learned that the brain fills in with phantom images, sounds and even body parts. … When there is loss, the human brain fills in with phantom images, sounds, and limbs. And even though they are not part of the real world, they are real to our minds and we need to deal with them.”